No. 13 Dickinson Stops No. 19 Bullets in CC Semifinals

Dickinson got on the scoreboard when Nick Leon sent home a blast from 15 yards out with 9:42 left in the opening half. Then with 2:08 to go, Bobby Kingley scored on the run, slashing across the lane to make it 2-2. Cannon gave the Red Devils their first lead when he scored in a man-up situation with 1:22 on the clock.

Manilla tied it up for the Bullets with 4.2 seconds showing, going low from the right post to make it a 3-3 game at the break.

Maddalone made five of his saves in the second quarter, when the Red Devils outshot Gettysburg 10-3.

Dickinson took just nine shots in its pivotal third quarter. Beitel and White each scored twice, with White contributing a man-down tally in transition with 1:28 showing to make it 7-3. Leon scored with 24 seconds left as the Devils assumed their 8-3 advantage.

The Bullets held a 10-9 edge in shots in the quarter, but Hanley made five saves.

Neither team scored over the opening seven and a half minutes of the fourth quarter, when Maddalone piled up eight saves. Manilla then pulled the Bullets to within 8-5 with a pair of man-up goals less than a minute apart.

Manilla found the upper right corner of the net from 10 yards out on the right wing on a dish from sophomore Derek Ruebling (Morristown, N.J./Delbarton) with 6:22 left, then scored again from the same spot with 5:33 to go off an assist from Maddux.

Dickinson quelled the rally, however, when Cannon and Beitel scored a pair of goals over a 24-second span.

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2012-05-04